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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The most amazing thing about this wonderful tirade from Sen. Booker is that he managed to do it without any profanity. If it were me, I would have dropped a bunch of F bombs. youtu.be/IGEBfgL8xHY?...

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Sen. Cory Booker on Jack Smith hearing: "This hearing is a farce"

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New York City is installing portable public toilets around the city. We should name them after the guy who loves to put his name on things. How about Trump Toilets? Trump Dumps?

mock up photo of the free toilets being placed around New York City

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

You think he meant "pinnacle?" It's amusing when ignorance leads them to accidentally tell the truth. Patel: "President Trump, you have succeeded in restoring law and order to the precipice it should be on." www.fbi.gov/video-reposi...

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Patel: 'This FBI Will Continue Crushing Violent Crime' | Federal Bureau of Investigation

During an August 14, 2026, event on Long Island, New York when the FBI revealed historically low crime numbers, Director Kash Patel said, "The American dream is ... a reality. I'm living it. We're liv...

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

After months of waiting, the day has finally arrived. Justice and riches!

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I wondered who decided the Kennedy Center should miss a court deadline so workers could hide removal of his name? So I looked up the Center's Board members. Oh, ok (partial list). Maria Bartiromo Pamela Bondi Elaine Chao Pamella Roland DeVos Lee Greenwood Laura Ingraham Dan Scavino Susie Wiles

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

You want to hear some really loud booing with profanity?

headline saying Trump will attend NBA game in New York

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Did MAGA people really think Tr*mp was religious before this week?

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Vital City @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

What drove the nationwide crime decline of 2025? @johnkroman.bsky.social argues that large-scale prevention investments — funded through pandemic recovery dollars — helped drive the drop and that future gains require thinking beyond policing alone. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/how...

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Vital City | How Prevention Reduced Crime and How To Get More of It

We have to understand what drove 2025 dramatic nationwide declines to build on them.

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The future of the United States depends on the people of Minneapolis.

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Yes, our uneducated voters have endangered the world. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...

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Trump Links His Push for Greenland to Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

My late father spent his career as a musician and professor focused on wind instruments. When Brass Against releases a great new cut like this, I wish I could just say, "so, what do you think of this one, Dad?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJOh...

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Brass Against - The Great Gig in the Sky (Pink Floyd Cover) [Official Video]

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Can't decide who I admire more. Rachel Maddow or the people of Minneapolis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX5P...

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Maddow: Repeated bungling exposes cluelessness of Trump's ICE secret police

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Want to see a member of the U.S. Congress refuse to answer any question while repeatedly signalling his deference to El Douchey? youtu.be/PZsRuuZF1qE?...

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‘That sounds like a yes?’: Republican Congressman pressed on support for Trump Cuba invasion threat

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Why is everyone using the word "captured" when "kidnapped" would seem more appropriate?

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A great 50th Anniversary version of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" was just released. As a teenager still living in my parents' house then, I listened to it many times. Always kept a window open, and a towel shoved under the door, to make sure that... to keep the smell of... well, you know.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

"On average, young adults remain much less religious than older Americans. Today’s young adults also are less religious than young people were a decade ago. And there is no indication that young men are converting to Christianity in large numbers." www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

Chart from Pew Research Center showing that, by a variety of measures, young adults in the United States are less religious than their elders.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE. Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This guy owns Time Magazine. One more thing I never have to buy or read again.

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Here's something Trump did that I like. At VP Cheney's funeral, it is truly comforting to see Biden, Bush, Gore, Harris, & Pence set aside any political differences to celebrate Cheney & his family with kindness and humor. Trump wasn't invited. His extremism highlights what remains of our culture.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 06/11/2025

Here are the proven crime-prevention policies that NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani can implement in order to improve life for all New Yorkers: bit.ly/47nKnLO

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How NYC’s Next Mayor Can Lead on Public Safety and Justice Reform

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can improve New Yorkers’ well-being by prioritizing proven crime-prevention policies.

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Exactly. "Just because President Trump has an idea, the Democrat Party’s visceral reaction is just to say no,” Scalise said during a press conference last week. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Wow A few hours following publication, the Times of London got rid of the article “after discovering that our reporter had been misled by an individual falsely claiming to be the former New York mayor,” per a statement from the newspaper obtained by the Times. thehill.com/homenews/med...

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I admire my John Jay College colleagues who dream that elected officials will support public safety policies that actually improve public safety, rather than simply using public safety to play election games. I share their dream, but I've also been awake a long time. queenseagle.com/all/2025/10/...

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Bail reforms have led to less recidivism, report finds — Queens Daily Eagle

Recidivism and re-arrest frequency for people charged with nearly all crimes have significantly declined in the five years since cash bail was prohibited for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, a ne...

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Hannes Rusch @hannesrusch.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🚨 WE ARE HIRING! 🚨 Looking for a PhD-student to help us study the damages caused by cybercriminals. 🕵‍♂️⌨️🖥️ 📈 Join our interdisciplinary consortium of cybercrime researchers for your PhD journey! All information & job details: csl.mpg.de/en/career/ We look forward to your applications! #EconSky

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Here's my radical note to bureaucracies providing something of value (e.g., healthcare, insurance, finance). Please test the efficacy of your client communication. Do people understand the information? Do they read it all? Does it avoid useless jargon and prevent error? If not, who are you serving?

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

If America really does come to an end, this will be a key chapter in the official history. [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

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Opinion | The Comey Indictment Plunges the Country Into a Grave New Period

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Wait. So Amazon has to pay $2.5B for using misleading info to entice customers into signing up for something online, and then making it difficult or confusing to cancel it? Um, hello, most other online businesses... and newspapers! [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/t...

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Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Claims It Tricked Prime Customers

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